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THE GOSPEL 



ACCORDING TO 



h SAINT JOHN. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The divinity, humanity, and office of Jesus Christ. 15 The 
testimony of John. 39 The calling of Andrew, Peter, fyc. 

the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. 

2 The same was in the beginning with God. 

3 All things were made by him; and without 
him was not any thing made that was made. 

4 In him was life; and the life was the light 
of men. 

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the 
darkness comprehended it not. 

6 \ There was a man sent from God, whose 
name was John. 

7 The same came for a witness, to bear wit- 
ness of the Light, that all men through him 
might believe. 

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to 
bear witness of that Light. 

9 That was the true Light, which lighteth 
every man that cometh into the world. 

10 He was in the world, and the world was 
made by him, and the world knew him not. 

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11 He came unto his own, and his own re- 
ceived him not. 

12 But as many as received him, to them gave 
he power to become the sons of God, even to 
them that believe on his name : 

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the 
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 
God. 

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory 
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of 
grace and truth. 

15 \ John bare witness of him, and cried, say- 
ing, This was he of whom I spake, He that 
cometh after me is preferred before me ; for he 
was before me. 

16 And of his fulness have all we received, 
and grace for grace. 

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace 
and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

18 No man hath seen Grod at any time ; the 
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of 
the Father, he hath declared him. 

19 \ And this is the record of John, when 
the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusa- 
lem to ask him, Who art thou? 

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but con- 
fessed, I am not the Christ. 

21 And they asked him, What then ? Art thou 
Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that 
Prophet? And he answered, No. 

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? 

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that we may give an answer to them that sent 
us. What sayest thou of thyself? 

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in 
the wilderness, Make straight the way of the 
Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. 

24 And they which were sent were of the 
Pharisees. 

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, 
Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that 
Christ, nor Elias, neither that Prophet? 

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with 
water : but there standeth one among you, whom 
ye know not; 

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred 
before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy 
to unloose. 

28 These things were done in Bethabara be- 
yond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

29 \ The next day John seeth Jesus coming 
unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 
which taketh away the sin of the world ! 

30 This is he of whom I said, After me Com- 
eth a man which is preferred before me; for he 
was before me. 

31 And I knew him not: but that he should 
be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come 
baptizing with water. 

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the 
Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and 
it abode upon him. 

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent 
me to baptize with water, the same said unto 

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me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit de- 
scending, and remaining on him, the same is 
he which baptizeth with the Holy Grhost. 

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is 
the Son of Grod. 

35 Again the next day after, John stood, 
and two of his disciples ; 

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he 
saith, Behold the Lamb of G-od ! 

37 And the two disciples heard him speak, 
and they followed Jesus. 

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them follow- 
ing, and saith unto them, What seek ye ? They 
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being 
interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou ? 

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They 
came and saw where he dwelt, and abode 
with him that day : for it was about the tenth 
hour. 

40 One of the two which heard John speak, 
and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's 
brother. 

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, 
and saith unto him, We have found the Mes- 
sias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when 
Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the 
son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which 
is by interpretation, A stone. 

43 \ The day following Jesus would go forth 
into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto 
him, Follow me. 

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44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of 
Andrew and Peter. 

45 Philip findeth INathanael, and saith unto 
him, We have found him, of whom Moses in 
the law, and the prophets, did write, J esus of 
Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 

46 And JNathanael said unto him, Can there 
any good thing come out of Nazareth % Philip 
saith unto him, Come and see. 

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and 
saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom 
is no guile ! 

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence know- 
est thou me ? Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou 
wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, 
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou art the 
King of Israel. 

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Be- 
cause I said unto thee, I saw thee under the 
fig tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see greater 
things than these. 

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven 
open, and the angels of God ascending and 
descending upon the Son of man. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Christ turneth water into wine, 12 departeth into Capernaum, and to 
Jerusalem, 14 where he purgeth the temple of buyers and sellers. 
19 He foretelleth his death and resurrection. 23 Many believed 
because of his miracles, but he would not trust himself with them. 

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AND the third day there was a marriage in 
Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus 
was there : 

2 And both Jesus was called, and his disci- 
ples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine, the mother 
of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have 
I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the servants, What- 
soever he saith unto you, do it 

6 And there were set there six waterpots 
of stone, after the manner of the purifying of 
the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots 
with water. And they filled them up to the 
brim. 

8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, 
and bear unto the governor of the feast. And 
they bare it 

9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the 
water that was made wine, and knew not 
whence it was, (but the servants which drew 
the water knew,) the governor of the feast call- 
ed the bridegroom, 

10 And saith unto him, Every man at the 
beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when 
men have well drunk, then that which is worse : 
hut thou hast kept the good wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in 
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; 
and his disciples believed on him. 

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12 f After this he went down to Capernaum, 
he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his dis- 
ciples ; and they continued there not many days. 

13 1" And the Jews' passqver was at hand, and 
Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 

14 And found in the temple those that sold 
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of 
money sitting : 

15 And when he had made a scourge of 
small cords, he drove them all out of the tem- 
ple, and the sheep, and the oxen ; and poured 
out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables ; 

16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take 
these things hence ; make not my Father's 
house a house of merchandise. 

17 And his disciples remembered that it was, 
written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten 
me up. 

18 % Then answered the Jews and said unto 
him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing 
that thou doest these things ? 

19 Jesus answered and said unto them, De- 
stroy this temple, and in three days I will raise 
it up. 

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years 
was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear 
it up in three days ? 

21 But he spake of the temple of his body. 

22 When therefore he was risen from the 
dead, his disciples remembered that he had 
said this unto them ; and they believed the 
Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. 

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ST. JOHN, III. 

23 % JSTow when he was in Jerusalem at the 
passover, in the feast day, many believed in his 
name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 

24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto 
them, because he knew all men, 

25 And needed not that any should testify of 
man; for he knew what was in man. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Christ teacheth Nicodemus the necessity of regeneration. 14 Of 
faith in his death. 16 The great love of God towards the world. 
18 Condemnation for unbelief. 23 The baptism, witness and 
doctrine of John concerning Christ. 

HHHERE was a man of the Pharisees, named 
JNTicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : 

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God : for no man can do these 
miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Yerily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born 
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 

4 Mcodemus saith unto him, How can a man 
be born when he is old ? can he enter the sec- 
ond time into his mother's womb, and be born? 

5 Jesus answered, Yerily, verily, I say unto 
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; 
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must 
be born again. 

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou 

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hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell 
whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is 
every one that is born of the Spirit. 

9 Mcodemus answered , and said unto him, 
How can these things be ? 

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou 
a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak 
that we do know, and testify that we have 
seen ; and ye receive not our witness. 

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye 
believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you 
of heavenly things ? 

13 And no man hath ascended up to heav- 
en, but he that came down from heaven, even 
the Son of man which is in heaven. 

14 \ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in 
the wilderness, even so must the Son of man 
be lifted up : 

15 That whosoever belie veth in him should 
not perish, but have eternal life. 

16 \ For God so loved the world, that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should not perish, but have ever- 
lasting life. 

17 For G-od sent not his Son into the world 
to condemn the world ; but that the world 
through him might be saved. 

18 \ He that belie veth on him is not condemned : 
but he that belie veth not is condemned alreadv, 
because he hath not believed in the name of 
the only begotten Son of Grod. 

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ST. JOHN, III. 

19 And this is the condemnation, that light 
is come into the world, and men loved dark- 
ness rather than light, because their deeds were 
evil. 

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the 
light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. 

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the 
light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that 
they are wrought in Grod. 

22 % After these things came Jesus and his 
disciples into the land of Judea; and there he 
tarried with them, and baptized. 

23 1" And John also was baptizing in Enon near 
to Salim, because there was much water there: 
and they came, and were baptized. 

24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 

25 1" Then there arose a question between some 
of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 

26 And they came unto John, and said unto 
him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jor- 
dan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the 
same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 

27 John answered and said, A man can re- 
ceive nothing, except it be given him from 
heaven. 

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 
I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before 
him. 

29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: 
but the friend of the bridegroom, which stand- 
eth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because 

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of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy there- 
fore is fulfilled. 

30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 

31 He that cometh irom above is above all: 
he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh 
of the earth : he that cometh from heaven is 
above all. 

32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he 
testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 

33 He that hath received his testimony hath 
set to his seal that God is true. 

34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the 
words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit 
by measure unto him. 

35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given 
all things into his hand. 

36 He that belie veth on the Son hath everlast- 
ing life : and he that believeth not the Son shall 
not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Christ talketh with a woman of Samaria, and revealeth himself 
unto her. 27 His disciples marvel. 31 He declareth to them 
his zeal to Gods glory. 39 Many Samaritans believe on him. 
43 He departeth into Galilee, and healeth the rider's son that lay 
sick at Capernaum. 

\\T HEN therefore the Lord knew how the 
* * Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and 
baptized more disciples than John, 

2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his 
disciples,) 

3 He left Judea, and departed again into Gal- 
ilee. 

4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 

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5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which 
is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground 
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 

6 ~Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus there- 
fore, being wearied with Ms journey, sat thus 
on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw 
water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the 
city to buy meat.) 

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, 
How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink 
of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the 
Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou 
knewest the gift of Grod, and who it is that 
saith to thee, Grive me to drink; thou wouldest 
have asked of him, and he would have given 
thee living water. 

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast 
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep : 
from whence then hast thou that living water? 

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, 
which gave us the well, and drank thereof him- 
self, and his children, and his cattle? 

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whoso- 
ever drinketh of this water shall thirst again : 

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that 
I shall give him shall never thirst; but the 
water that I shall give him shall be in him a 
well of water springing up into everlasting life. 

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me 

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this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither 
to draw. 

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy hus- 
band, and come hither. 

17 The woman answered and said, I have 
no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast 
well said, I have no husband : 

18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he 
whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in 
that saidst thou truly. 

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive 
that thou art a prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; 
and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where 
men ought to worship. 

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, 
the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this 
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the 
Father. 

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know 
what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. 

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when 
the true worshippers shall worship the Father 
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh 
such to worship him. 

24 Grod is a Spirit: and they that worship 
him must worship Mm in spirit and in truth. 

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that 
Messias cometh, which is called Christ : when he 
is come, he will tell us all things. 

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto 
thee am he. 

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27 1 And upon this came his disciples, and 
marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet 
no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talk- 
est thou with her? 

28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went 
her way into the city, and saith to the men, 

29 Come, see a man, which told me all things 
that ever I did : is not this the Christ ? 

30 Then they went out of the city, and came 
unto him. 

31 % In the mean while his disciples prayed 
him, saying, Master, eat. 

32 But he said unto them, I have meat to 
eat that ye know not of. 

33 Therefore said the disciples one to an- 
other, Hath any man brought him aught to eat ? 

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do 
the will of him that sent me, and to finish 
his work. 

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, 
and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto 
you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; 
for they are white already to harvest. 

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and 
gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he 
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice to- 
gether. 

37 And herein is that saying true, One sow- 
eth, and another reapeth. 

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye be- 
stowed no labour : other men laboured, and ye 
are entered into their labours. 

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39 1 And many of the Samaritans of that city 
believed on him for the saying of the woman, 
which testified, He told me all that ever I did. 

40 So when the Samaritans were come unto 
him, they besought him that he would tarry 
with them : and he abode there two days. 

41 And many more believed because of his 
own word ; 

42 And said unto the woman, Now we be- 
lieve, not because of thy saying : for we have 
heard him ourselves, and know that this is in- 
deed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

43 \ Now after two days he departed thence, 
and went into Galilee. 

44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet 
hath no honour in his own country. 

45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the 
Galileans received him, having seen all the things 
that he did at Jerusalem at the feast : for they 
also went unto the feast. 

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Gali- 
lee, where he made the water wine. And there 
was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick 
at Capernaum. 

47 When he heard that Jesus was come out 
of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and 
besought him that he would come down, and 
heal his son : for he was at the point of death. 

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see 
signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come 
down ere my child die. 

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50 J esus saith unto him, Gro thy way ; thy 
son liveth. And the man believed the word 
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went 
his way. 

51 And as he was now going down, his serv- 
ants met him, and told Jiim^ saying, Thy son 
liveth. 

52 Then inquired he of them the hour when 
he began to amend. And they said unto him, 
Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left 
him. 

53 So the father knew that it was at the 
same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, 
Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his 
whole house. 

54 This is again the second miracle that Je- 
sus did, when he was come out of Judea into 
Galilee. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 Jesus on the sabbath day cur eth him that was diseased eight and 
thirty years, 10 The Jews therefore cavil, and persecute him 
for it, 11 He answer eth for himself, and reproveth them, shew- 
ing by the testimony of his Father, 32 of John, 36 of his 
works, 39 and of the Scriptures, who he is, 

AFTER this there was a feast of the Jews ; 
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 

2 Wow there is at Jerusalem by the sheep 
market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew 
tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent 
folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the 
moving of the water. 

4 Eor an angel went down at a certain sear 

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son into the pool, and troubled the water: who- 
soever then first after the troubling of the wa- 
ter stepped in was made whole of whatsoever 
disease he had. 

5 And a certain man was there, which had 
an infirmity thirty and eight years. 

6 When Jesus saw him he, and knew that 
he had been now a long time in that case, he 
saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole ? 

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I 
have no man, when the water is troubled^ to 
put me into the pool: but while I am coming, 
another steppeth down before me. 

8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy 
bed, and walk. 

9 And immediately the man was made whole, 
and took up his bed, and walked : and on the 
same day was the sabbath. 

10 T[ The Jews therefore said unto him that 
was cured, It is the sabbath day : it is not 
lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 

11 He answered them, He that made me 
whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy 
bed, and walk. 

12 Then asked they him, What man is that 
which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and 
walk? 

13 And he that was healed wist not who it 
was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a 
multitude being in that place. 

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the tem- 
ple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made 

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whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come 
unto thee. 

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that 
it was Jesus, which had made him whole. 

16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Je- 
sus, and sought to slay him, because he had 
done these things on the sabbath day. 

17 1 But Jesus answered them, My Father 
worketh hitherto, and I work. 

18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to 
kill him, because he not only had broken the 
sabbath, but said also that Grod was his Fa- 
ther, making himself equal with Grod. 

19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, 
Yerily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can 
do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the 
Father do : for what things soever he doeth, 
these also doeth the Son likewise. 

20 For the Father , loveth the Son, and shew- 
eth him all things that himself doeth : and he 
will shew him greater works than these, that 
ye may marvel. 

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, 
and quickeneth them; even so the Son quicken- 
eth whom he will. 

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath 
committed all judgment unto the Son : 

23 That all men should honour the Son, even 
as they honour the Father. He that honour- 
eth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 
hath sent him. 

24 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, He that 

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heareth my word, and believeth on him that 
sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not 
come into condemnation; but is passed from 
death unto life. 

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is 
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear 
the voice of the Son of God: and they that 
hear shall live. 

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so 
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 

27 And hath given him authority to execute 
judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 

28 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, 
in the which all that are in the graves shall 
hear his voice, 

29 And shall come forth; they that have done 
good, unto the resurrection of life; and they 
that have done evil, unto th6 resurrection of 
damnation. 

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I 
hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; be- 
cause I seek not mine own will, but the will of 
the Father which hath sent me. 

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is 
not true. 

32 % There is another that beareth witness of 
me; and I know that the witness which he wit- 
nesseth of me is true. 

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness 
unto the truth. 

34 But I receive not testimony from man : but 
these things I say, that ye might be saved. 

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35 He was a burning and a shining light : and 
ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his 
light. 

36 % But I have greater witness than that of 
John: for the works which the Father hath 
given me to finish, the same works that I do, 
bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent 
me. 

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent 
me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither 
heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 

38 And ye have not. his word abiding in you: 
for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. 

39 \ Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think 
ye have eternal life : and they are they which 
testify of me. 

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye 
might have life. • 

41 I receive not honour from men. 

42 But I know you ; that ye have not the love 
of Grod in you. 

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye 
receive me not: if another shall come in his 
own name, him ye will receive. 

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour 
one of another, and seek not the honour that 
cometh from Grod only? 

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the 
Father : there is one that accuseth you, even 
Moses, in whom ye trust. 

46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have 
believed me: for he wrote of me. 

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47 But if ye believe not his writings, how 
shall ye believe my words? 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 Christ feedeth Jive thousand men ioith Jive loaves and two fishes. 
15 Thereupon the people would have made him king. 16 But 
withdrawing himself, he walketh on the sea to his disciples : 26 
reproveth the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers 
of his word : 32 declareth himself to be the bread of life to be- 
lievers. 66 Many disciples depart from him. 68 Peter con- 
fesseth him. 70 Judas is a devil. 

A FTER these things Jesus went over the sea 
of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 

2 And a great multitude followed him, be- 
cause they saw his miracles which he did on 
them that were diseased. 

3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and 
there he sat with his disciples. 

4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 

5 1" When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and 
saw a great company come unto him, he saith 
unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that 
these may eat ? 

6 And this he said to prove him : for he 
himself knew what he would do. 

7 Philip answered him, Two hundred penny- 
worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that 
every one of them may take a little. 

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's 
brother, saith unto him, 

9 There is a lad here, which hath five bar- 
ley loaves, and two small fishes : but what are 
they among so many ? 

10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. 

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'Now there was much grass in the place. So 
the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 

11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he 
had given thanks, he distributed to the disci- 
ples, and the disciples to them that were set 
down ; and likewise of the fishes as much as 
they would. 

12 When they were filled, he said unto his 
disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, 
that nothing be lost. 

13 Therefore they gathered them together, and 
filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the 
five barley loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. 

14 Then those men, when they had seen the 
miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth 
that Prophet that should come into the world. 

15 f When Jesus therefore perceived that they 
would come and take him by force, to make 
him a king, he departed again into a mount- 
ain himself alone. 

16 And when even was now come, his dis- 
ciples went down unto the sea, 

17 And entered into a ship, and went over 
the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now 
dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great 
wind that blew. 

19 So when they had rowed about five and 
twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walk- 
ing on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the 
ship : and they were afraid. 

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20 But he saith unto them. It is I ; be not 
afraid. 

21 Then they willingly received him into the 
ship : and immediately the ship was at the 
land whither they went. 

22 % The day folio wing, when the people, 
which stood on the other side of the sea, saw 
that there was none other boat there, save that 
one whereinto his disciples were entered, and 
that Jesus went not with his disciples into the 
boat, but that his disciples were gone away 
alone ; 

23 Howbeit there came other boats from Ti- 
berias nigh unto the place where they did eat 
bread, after that the Lord had given thanks : 

24 When the people therefore saw that Je- 
sus was not there, neither his disciples, they 
also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, 
seeking for Jesus. 

25 And when they had found him on the 
other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, 
when earnest thou hither? 

26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because 
ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of 
the loaves, and were filled. 

27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, 
but for that meat which endureth unto ever- 
lasting life, which the Son of man shall give 
unto you: for him hath Grod the Father sealed. 

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we 
do, that we might work the works of Grod? 

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29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is 
the work of God, that ye believe on him whom 
he hath sent. 

30 They said therefore unto him, What sign 
shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe 
thee? what dost thou work? 

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; 
as it is written, He gave them bread from 
heaven to eat. 

32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread 
from heaven; but my Father giveth you the 
true bread from heaven. 

33 For the bread of God is he which cometh 
down from heaven, and giveth life unto the 
world. 

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore 
give us this bread. 

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread 
of life : he that cometh to me shall never 
hunger ; and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. 

36 But I said unto you, That ye also have 
seen me, and believe not. 

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come 
to me; and him that cometh to me I will in 
no wise cast out. 

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do 
mine own will, but the will of him that sent 
me. 

39 And this is the Father's will which hath 
sent me, that of all which he hath given me 

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I should lose nothing, but should raise it up 
again at the last day. 

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, 
that every one which seeth the Son, and believ- 
eth on him, may have everlasting life: and I 
will raise him up at the last day. 

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because 
he said, I am the bread which came down from 
heaven. 

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son 
of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? 
how is it then that he saith, I came down from 
heaven ? 

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto 
them, Murmur not among yourselves. 

44 No man can come to me, except the Fa- 
ther which hath sent me draw him: and I will 
raise him up at the last day. 

45 It is written in the prophets, And they 
shall be all taught of God. Every man there- 
fore that hath heard, and hath learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me. 

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, 
save he which is of Grod, he hath seen the 
Father. 

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
believeth on me hath everlasting life. 

48 I am that bread of life. 

49 Tour fathers did eat manna in the wilder- 
ness, and are dead. 

50 This is the bread which cometh down from 

heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 

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51 I am the living bread which came down 
from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he 
shall live for ever: and the bread that I will 
give is my flesh, which I will give for the life 
of the world. 

52 The Jews therefore strove among them- 
selves, saying, How can this man give us his 
flesh to eat? 

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the 
Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life 
in you. 

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my 
blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up 
at the last day. 

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood 
is drink indeed. 

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my 
blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 

57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I 
live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even 
he shall live by me. 

58 This is that bread which came down from 
heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and- 
are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall 
live for ever. 

59 These things said he in the synagogue, as 
he taught in Capernaum. 

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they 
had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who 
can hear it? 

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his dis- 

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ciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth 
this offend you? 

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man 
ascend up where he was before? 

63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh 
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto 
you, they are spirit, and they are life. 

64 But there are some of you that believe not. 
For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were 
that believed not, and who should betray him. 

65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, 
that no man can come unto me, except it were 
given unto him of my Father. 

66 % From that time many of his disciples went 
back, and walked no more with him. 

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye 
also go away ? 

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, 
to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words 
of eternal life. 

69 And we believe and are sure that thou 
art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 

70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen 
you twelve, and . one of you is a devil ? 

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of 
Simon : for he it was that should betray him, 
being one of the twelve. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Jesus reproveth the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen: 10 
goeth up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles : 14 teacheth in 
the temple. 40 Divers opinions of him among the people. 45 The 
Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not, and chide 
with Nicodemus for taking his part. 

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AFTER these things Jesus walked in Gali- 
lee : for he would not walk in Jewry, be- 
cause the Jews sought to kill him. 

2 Now the Jews 7 feast of tabernacles was at 
hand. 

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, De- 
part hence, and go into Judea, that thy disci- 
ples also may see the works that thou doest. 

4 For there is no man that doeth any thing 
in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known 
openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself 
to the world. 

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. 

6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is 
not yet come : but your time is always ready. 

7 The world cannot hate you ; but me it 
hateth, because I testify of it, that the works 
thereof are evil. 

8 Gro ye up unto this feast : I go not up 
yet unto this feast ; for my time is not yet 
full come. 

9 When he had said these words unto them, 
he abode still in Galilee. 

10 *H But when his brethren were gone up, 
then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, 
but as it were in secret. 

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, 
and said, Where is he ? 

12 And there was much murmuring among 
the people concerning . him : for some said, He 
is a good man: others said, Nay; but he de- 
ceiveth the people. 

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13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for 
fear of the Jews. 

14 T Now about the midst of the feast Jesus 
went up into the temple, ajid taught. 

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How 
knoweth this man letters, having never learned ? 

16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doc- 
trine is not mine, but his that sent me. 

17 If any man will do his will, he shall know 
of the doctrine, whether it be of Grod, or whether 
I speak of myself. 

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his 
own glory : but he that seeketh his glory that 
sent Mm, the same is true, and no unrighteous- 
ness is in him. 

19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet 
none of you keepeth the law % Why go ye 
about to kill me ? 

20 The people answered and said, Thou hast 
a devil : who goeth about to kill thee % 

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I 
have done one work, and ye all marvel. 

22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcis- 
ion ; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fa- 
thers ;) and ye en the sabbath day circumcise a 
man. 

23 If a man on the sabbath day receive cir- 
cumcision, that the law of Moses should not 
be broken ; are ye angry at me, 'because I have 
made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day % 

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but 
judge righteous judgment 

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25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is 
not this he, whom they seek to kill ? 

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say 
nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed 
that this is the very Christ ? 

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is : but 
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he 
taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know 
whence I am : and I am not come of myself, 
but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. 

29 But I know him; for I am from him, 
and he hath sent me. 

30 Then they sought to take him : but no 
man laid hands on him, because his hour was 
not yet come. 

31 And many of the people believed on him, 
and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more 
miracles than these which this man hath done ? 

32 \ The Pharisees heard that the people mur- 
mured such things concerning him; and the 
Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to 
take him. 

33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little 
while am I with you, and then *I go unto him 
that sent me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 
and where I am, thither ye cannot come. 

35 Then sard the Jews among themselves, 
Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? 
will he go unto the dispersed among the Gen- 
tiles, and teach the Gentiles ? 

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36 What manner of saying is this that he 
said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 
and where I am, thither ye cannot come ? 

37 In the last day, tljat great day of the 
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man 
thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 

38 He that belie veth on me, as the Scripture 
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of 
living water. 

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should receive : for 
the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that 
Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 T[ Many of the people therefore, when they 
heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the 
Prophet. 

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some 
said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 

42 Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ 
cometh of the seed of David, and out of the 
town of Bethlehem, where David was? 

43 So there was a division among the peo- 
ple because of him. 

44 And some of them would have taken him; 
but no man laid hands on him. 

45 T[ Then came the officers to the chief priests 
and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why 
have ye not brought him ? 

46 The officers answered, Never man spake 
like this man. 

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are 
ye also deceived? 

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48 Have any of the rulers or of the Phari- 
sees believed on him ? 

49 But this people who knoweth not the law 
are cursed. 

50 Mcodemus saith unto them, (he that came 
to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 

51 Doth our law judge any man, before it 
hear him, and know what he doeth ? 

52 They answered and said unto him, Art 
thou also of Galilee ? Search, and look : for 
out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto his own house. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 Christ deliver eth the woman taken in adultery. 12 He preach- 
eth himself the light of the world, and justifieth his doctrine : 
33 answereth the Jews that boasted of Abraham, 59 and con- 
veyeth himself froyn their cruelty. 

TESUS went unto the mount of Olives. 

2 And early in the morning he came again 
into the temple, and all the people came unto 
him 5 and he sat doWn, and taught them. 

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto 
him a woman taken in adultery ; and when 
they had set her in the midst, 

4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was 
taken in adultery, in the very act. 

5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that 
such should be stoned : but what sayest thou ? 

6 This they said, tempting him, that they 
might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped 
down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, 
as though he heard them not. 

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7 So when they continued asking him, he 
lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that 
is without sin among you, let him first cast 
a stone at her. 

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on 
the ground. 

9 And they which heard it } being convicted 
by their own conscience, went out one by one, 
beginning at the eldest, even unto the last : and 
Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing 
in the midst. 

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw 
none but the woman, he said unto her, Wo- 
man, where are those thine accusers ? hath no 
man condemned thee % 

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said 
unto her, Neither do I condemn thee : go, and 
sin no more. 

12 \ Then spake Jesus again unto them, say- 
ing, I am the light of the world : he that fol- 
loweth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall 
have the light of life. 

13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, 
Thou bearest record of thyself ; thy record is 
not true. 

14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though 
I bear record of myself, yet my record is true : 
for I know whence I came, and whither I go ; 
but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whith- 
er I go. 

15 Te judge after the flesh; I judge no 
man. 

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16 And jet if I judge, my judgment is true: 
for I am not alone, but I and the Father that 
sent me. 

17 It is also written in your law, that the 
testimony of two men is true. 

18 I am one that bear witness of myself, 
and the Father that sent me beareth witness 
of me. 

19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy 
Father ? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, 
nor my Father : if ye had known me, ye should 
have known my Father also. 

20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, 
as he taught in the temple : and no man laid 
hands on him ; for his hour was not yet come. 

21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go 
my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die 
in your sins : whither I go, ye cannot come. 

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? 
because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot 
come. 

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from be- 
neath ; I am from above : ye are of this world ; 
I am not of this world. 

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall 
die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I 
am he, ye shall die in your sins. 

25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? 
And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same 
that I said unto you from the beginning. 

26 I have many things to say and to judge 
of you : but he that sent me is true ; and I 

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speak to the world those things which I have 
heard of him. 

27 They understood not that he spake to 
them of the Father. 

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye 
have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye 
know that I am he, and that I do nothing of 
myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I 
speak these things. 

29 And he that sent me is with me : the 
Father hath not left me alone ; for I do al- 
ways those things that please him. 

30 As he spake these words, many believed 
on him. 

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which be- 
lieved on him, If ye continue in my word, then 
are ye my disciples indeed; 

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the 
truth shall make you free. 

33 They answered him, We be Abraham's 
seed, and were never in bondage to any man: 
how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 

34 Jesus answered them, Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the serv- 
ant of sin. 

*35 And the servant abideth not in the house 
for ever : but the Son abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, 
ye shall be free indeed. 

37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but 
ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no 
place in you. 

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38 I speak that which I have seen with my 
Father: and ye do that which ye have seen 
.with yonr father. 

39 They answered and said unto him, Abra- 
ham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If 
ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the 
works of Abraham. 

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that 
hath told you the truth, which I have heard 
of God : this did not Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then 
said they to him, We be not born of fornica- 
tion; we have one Father, even God. 

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your 
Father, ye would love me : for I proceeded 
forth and came from God; neither came I of 
myself, but he sent me. 

43 Why do ye not understand my speech ? 
even because ye cannot hear my word. 

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the 
lusts of your father ye will do : he was a mur- 
derer from the beginning, and abode not in the 
truth, because there is no truth in him. When 
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for 
he is a liar, and the father of it. 

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye be- 
lieve me not. 

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And 
if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? 

47 He that is of God heareth God's words : 
ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not 
of God. 

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48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto 
him, Say we not well that thou art a Samar- 
itan, and hast a devil ? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but 
I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 

50 And I seek not mine own glory : there 
is one that seeketh and judgeth. 

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man 
keep my saying, he shall never see death. 

52 Then said the Jews unto him, ~Now we 
know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, 
and the prophets ; and thou sayest, If a man 
keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our father Abra- 
ham, which is dead? and the prophets are 
dead: whom makest thou thyself? 

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my 
honour is nothing : it is my Father that honoureth 
me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know 
him: and if I should say, I know him not, I 
shall be a liar like unto you : but I know him, 
and keep his saying. 

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my 
day : and he saw it^ and was glad. 

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art 
not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen 
Abraham ? 

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him : 
but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the tem- 

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pie, going through the midst of them, and so 
passed by. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The man that was born blind restored to sight, 8 He is brought 
to the Pharisees. 13 They are offended at it, and excommunicate 
him : 35 but he is received of Jesus, and confesseth him, 39 
Who they are whom Christ enlighteneth. 

AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man 
which was blind from his birth. 

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Mas- 
ter, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that 
he was born blind ? 

3 Jesns answered, Neither hath this man sin- 
ned, nor his parents : but that the works of 
God should be made manifest in him. 

4 I must work the works of him that sent 
me, while it is day : the night cometh, when 
no man can work. 

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the 
light of the world. 

6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on 
the ground, and made clay of the spittle, 
and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with 
the clay, 

7 And said unto him, Gra, wash in the pool 
of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He 
went his way therefore, and washed, and came 
seeing. 

8 *[[ The neighbours therefore, and they which 
before had seen him that he was blind, said, 
Is not this he that sat and begged ? 

9 Some said, This is he : others said. He is 
like him : but he said, I am he. 

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10 Therefore said they unto him, How were 
thine eyes opened ? 

11 He answered and said, A man that is 
called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, 
and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, 
and wash : and I went and washed, and I re- 
ceived sight. 

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? 
He said, I know not. 

13 % They brought to the Pharisees him that 
aforetime was blind. 

14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus 
made the clay, and opened his eyes. 

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him 
how he had received his sight. He said unto 
them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I wash- 
ed, and do see. ' 

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This 
man is not of Grod, because he keepeth not the 
sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that 
is a sinner do such miracles ? And there was 
a division among them. 

17 They say unto the blind man again, What 
sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine 
eyes ? He said, He is a prophet. 

18 . But the Jews did not believe concerning 
him, that he had been blind, and received his 
sight, until they called the parents of him that 
had received his sight. 

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your 
son, who ye say was born blind ? how then 
doth he now see ? 

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20 His parents answered them and said, We 
know that this is our son, and that he was born 
blind : 

21 But by what means he now seeth, we 
know not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we 
know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall 
speak for himself. 

22 These words spake his parents, because 
they feared the J ews : for the Jews had agreed 
already, that if any man did confess that he 
was Christ, he should be put out of the syna- 
gogue. 

23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age ; 
ask him. 

24 Then again called they the man that was 
blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise : 
we know that this man is a sinner. 

25 He answered and said, Whether he be .a 
sinner or no, I know not : one thing I know, 
that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 

26 Then said they to him again, What did 
he to thee ? how opened he thine eyes ? 

27 He answered them, I have told you al- 
ready, and ye did not hear : wherefore would 
ye hear it again ? will ye also be his disciples ? 

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art 
his disciple ; but we are Moses' disciples. 

29 We know that God spake unto Moses : 
as for this fellow, we know not from whence 
he is. 

30 The man answered and said unto them, 
Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know 

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not from whence he is, and yet he hath open- 
ed mine eyes. 

31 Now we know that Grod heareth not sin- 
ners : but if any man be > a worshipper of Grod, 
and doeth his will, him he heareth. 

32 Since the world began was it not heard 
that any man opened the eyes of one that was 
born blind. 

33 If this man were not of Grod, he could 
do nothing. 

34 They answered and said unto him, Thou 
wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach 
us ? And they cast him out. 

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; 
and when he had found him, he said unto him, 
Dost thou believe on the Son of Grod ? 

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, 
that I might believe on him? 

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both 
seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he 
worshipped him. 

39 \ And Jesus said, For judgment I am 
come into this world, that they which see not 
might see; and that they which see might be 
made blind. 

40 And some of the Pharisees which were 
with him heard these words, and said unto him, 
Are we blind also ? 

41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, 
ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We 
see; therefore your sin remaineth. 

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CHAPTER X. 

1 Christ is the door, and the good shepherd. 19 Divers opinions 
of him. 24 He proveth by his works that he is Christ the Son 
of God : 39 escapeth the Jews, 40 and went again beyond Jor- 
dan, where many believed on him. 

T7TEBJLY, verily, I . say unto you, He that 
* entereth not by the door into the sheep- 
fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same 
is a thief and a robber. 

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the 
shepherd of the sheep. 

3 To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep 
hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep 
by name, and leadeth them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, 
he goeth before them, and the sheep follow 
him : for they know his voice. 

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but 
will flee from him; for they know not the 
voice of strangers. 

6 This parable spake Jesus unto them; but 
they understood not what things they were 
which he spake unto them. 

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Yerily, 
verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the 
sheep. 

8 All that ever came before me are thieves 
and robbers : but the sheep did not hear them. 

9 I am the door : by me if any man enter 
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, 
and find pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and 

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to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they 
might have life, and that they might have it 
more abundantly. 

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shep- 
herd giveth his life for the sheep. 

12 But he that is a hireling, and not the 
shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth 
the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 
fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scatter- 
eth the sheep. 

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is a hire- 
ling, and careth not for the sheep. 

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my 
sheep, and am known of mine. 

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know 
I the Father : and I lay down my life for the 
sheep. 

16 And other sheep I have, which are not 
of this fold: them also I must bring, and they 
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one 
fold, and one shepherd. 

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, be- 
cause I lay down my life, that I might take it 
again. 

18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it 
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, 
and I have power to take it again. This com- 
mandment have I received of my Father. 

19 T There was a division therefore again among 
the Jews for these sayings. 

20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, 
and is mad; why hear ye him? 

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21 Others said, These are not the words of 
him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the 
eyes of the blind ? 

22 % And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the 
dedication, and it was winter. 

23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Sol- 
omon's porch. 

24 Then came the Jews round about him, 
and said unto him, How long dost thou make 
us to doubt ? If thou be the Christ, tell us 
plainly. 

25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye 
believed not : the works that I do in my Fa- 
ther ? s name, they bear witness of me. 

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not 
of my sheep, as I said unto you. 

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know 
them, and they follow me : 

28 And I give unto them eternal life ; and 
they shall never perish, neither shall any man 
pluck them out of my hand. 

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater . 
than all; and no man is able to pluck them 
out of my Father's hand. 

30 I and my Father are one. 

31 Then the Jews took up stones again to 
stone him. 

32 Jesus answered them, Many good works 
have I shewed you from my Father; for which 
of those works do ye stone me ? 

33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a 
good work we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy ; 

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and because that thou, being a man, makest 
thyself God. 

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in 
your law, I said, Ye are gpds? 

35 If he called them gods, unto whom the 
word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be 
broken ; 

36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanc- 
tified, and sent into the world, Thou bias- 
phemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 

37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe 
me not. 

38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, 
believe the works; that ye may know, and 
believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. 

39 Therefore they sought again to take him; 
but he escaped out of their hand, 

40 And went away again beyond Jordan into 
the place where John at first baptized ; and there 
he abode. 

41 And many resorted unto him, and said, 
John did no miracle : but all things that John 
spake of this man were true. 

42 And many believed on him there. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Christ raiseth Lazarus, four days buried. 45 Many Jews believe. 
47 The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against 
Christ. 49 Caiaphas prophesieth. 54 Jesus hid himself. 55 At 
the passover they inquire after him, and lay wait for him. 

1VTOW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, 
^ of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister 
Martha. 

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2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord 
with ointment, and wiped his feet with her 
hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, 
Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 

4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sick- 
ness is not unto death, but for the glory of G-od, 
that the Son of G-od might be glorified thereby. 

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, 
and Lazarus. 

6 When he had heard therefore that he was 
sick, he abode two days still in the same place 
where he was. 

7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let 
us go into Judea again. 

8 Sis disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews 
of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou 
thither again? 

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours 
in the day? If any man walk in the day, he 
stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this 
world. 

10 But if a man walk in the night, he stum- 
bleth, because there is no light in him. 

11 These things said he: and after that he 
saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; 
but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, 
he shall do well. 

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they 
thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in 
sleep. 

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14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus 
is dead. 

15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was 
not there, to the intent y§ may believe; never- 
theless let us go unto him. 

16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didy- 
mus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, 
that we may die with him. 

17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he 
had lain in the grave four days already. 

18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, 
about fifteen furlongs off : 

19 And many of the Jews came to Martha 
and Mary, to comfort them concerning their 
brother. 

20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that 
Jesus was coming, went and met him : but 
Mary sat still in the house. 

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou 
hadst been here, my brother had not died. 

22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever 
thou wilt ask of Grod, Grod will give it thee. 

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall 
rise again. 

24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he 
shall rise again in the resurrection at the last 
day. 

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrec- 
tion, and the life : he that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live : 

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me 
shall never die. Believest thou this? 

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27 She saith unto hkn, Yea, Lord : I believe 
that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which 
should come into the world. 

28 And when she had so said, she went her 
way, and called Mary her sister secretly, say- 
ing, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 

29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quick- 
ly, and came unto him. 

30 JSTow Jesus was not yet come into the 
town, but was in that place where Martha met 
him. 

31 The Jews then which were with her in 
the house, and comforted her, when they saw 
Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, 
followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave 
to weep there. 

32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus 
was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, 
saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, 
my brother had not died. 

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, 
and the Jews also weeping which came with 
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 

34 And said, Where have ye laid him ? They 
say unto him, Lord, come and see. 

35 Jesus wept. 

36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved 
him ! 

37 And some of them said, Could not this 
man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have 
caused that even this man should not have died ? 

38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself 

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cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a 
stone lay upon it. 

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Mar- 
tha, the sister of him that > was dead, saith unto 
him, Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath 
been dead four days. 

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, 
that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest 
see the glory of God ? 

41 Then they took away the stone from the 
place where the dead was laid. And Jesus 
lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank 
thee that thou hast heard me. 

42 And I knew that thou hearest me al- 
ways : but because of the people which stand 
by I said it 1 that they may believe that thou 
hast sent me. 

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried 
with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 

44 And he that was dead came forth, bound 
hand and foot with graveclothes ; and his face 
was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith 
unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

45 Then many of the Jews which came 
to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus 
did, believed on him. 

46 But some of them went their ways to the 
Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had 
done. 

47 \ Then gathered the chief priests and the 
Pharisees a council, and said, What do we ? 
for this man doeth many miracles. 

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48 If we let him thus alone, all men will 
believe on him ; and the Romans shall come 
and take away both our place and nation. 

49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being 
the high priest that same year, said unto them, 
Ye know nothing at all, 

50 ]NTor consider that it is expedient for us, 
that one man should die for the people, and 
that the whole nation perish not. 

51 And this spake he not of himself : but 
being high priest that year, he prophesied that 
Jesus should die for that nation ; 

52 And not for that nation only, but that 
also he should gather together in one the chil- 
dren of God that were scattered abroad. 

53 Then from that day forth they took coun- 
sel together for to put him to death. 

54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly 
among the Jews ; but went thence unto a 
country near to the wilderness, into a city 
called Ephraim, and there continued with his 
disciples. 

55 T And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: 
and many went out of the country up to Je- 
rusalem before the passover, to purify them- 
selves. 

56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake 
among themselves, as they stood in the tem- 
ple, What think ye, that he will not come to 
the feast ? 

57 Now both the chief priests and the Phar- 
isees had given a commandment, that, if any 

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man knew where he were, he should shew it, 
that they might take him. 

CHAPTER XII 

1 Jesus excuseth Manj anointing his feet. 9 The people flock to 
see Lazarus. 10 The high priests consult to kill him. 12 
Christ rideth into Jerusalem. 20 Greeks desire to see Jesus. 
23 He foretelleth his death. 37 The Jews are generally blinded: 
42 yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him : 44 
therefore Jesus calleth earnestly for confession of faith. 

HPHEN Jesus six days before the passover 
came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which 
had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 

2 There they made him a supper; and Mar- 
tha served: but Lazarus was one of them that 
sat at the table with him. 

3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of 
spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet 
of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: 
and the house was filled with the odour of the 
ointment. 

4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Is- 
cariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, 

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three 
hundred pence, and given to the poor ? 

6 This he said, not that he cared for the 
poor; but because he was a thief, and had the 
bag, and bare what was put therein. 

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone : against 
the day of my burying hath she kept this. 

8 For the poor always ye have with you; 
but me ye have not always. 

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew 
that he was there : and they came not for Je- 

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sus ? sake only, but that they might see Laza- 
rus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 

10 1 But the chief priests consulted that they 
might put Lazarus also to death; 

11 Because that by reason of him many of 
the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 

12 f On the next day much people that were 
come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus 
was coming to Jerusalem, 

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went 
forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bless- 
ed is the King of Israel that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young 
ass, sat thereon ; as it is written, 

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion : behold, thy 
King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 

16 These things understood not his disciples 
at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then 
remembered they that these things were writ- 
ten of him, and that they had done these 
things unto him. 

17 The people therefore that was with him 
when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and 
raised him from the dead, bare record. 

18 For this cause the people also met him, for 
that they heard that he had done this miracle. 

19 The Pharisees therefore said among them- 
selves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing ? 
behold, the world is gone after him. 

20 1 And there were certain Greeks among 
them that came up to worship at the feast: 

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21 The same came therefore to Philip, which 
Was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, 
saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. 

22 Philip cometh and * telleth Andrew : and 
again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 

23 1" And Jesus answered them, saying, The 
hour is come, that the Son of man should be 
glorified. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a 
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it 
abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth 
much fruit. 

25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and 
he that hateth his life in this world shall keep 
it unto life eternal. 

26 If any man serve me, let him follow me ; 
and where I am, there shall also my servant 
be : if any man serve me, him will my Father 
honour. 

27 Now ' is my soul troubled ; and what shall 
I say? Father, save me from this hour: but 
for this cause came I unto this hour. 

28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came 
there a voice from heaven, saying r , I have both 
glorified it, and will glorify it again. 

29 The people therefore that stood by, and 
heard it, said that it thundered: others said, 
An angel spake to him. 

30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came 
not because of me, but for your sakes. 

31 ISTow is the judgment of this world: now 
shall the prince of this world be cast out. 

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32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, 
will draw all men unto me. 

33 This he said, signifying what death he 
should die. 

34 The people answered him, We have heard 
out of the law that Christ abideth for ever : and 
how sayest thou, The Son of man must be 
lifted up ? who is this Son of man % 

35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little 
while is the light with you. Walk while ye 
have the light, lest darkness come upon you : 
for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not 
whither he goeth. 

36 While ye have light, believe in the light, 
that ye may be the children of light. These 
things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide 
himself from them. 

37 1" But though he had done so many mir- 
acles before them, yet they believed not on him: 

38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who 
hath believed our report ? and to whom hath 
the arm of the Lord been revealed ? 

39 Therefore they could not believe, because 
that Esaias said again, 

40 He hath blinded their eyes, and harden- 
ed their heart ; that they should not see with 
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and 
be converted, and I should heal them. 

41 These things said Esaias, when he saw 
his glory, and spake of him. 

42 % Nevertheless among the chief rulers also 

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many believed on him ; but because of the 
Pharisees they did not confess him^ lest they 
should be put out of the synagogue : 

43 For they loved the - praise of men more 
than the praise of God. 

44 % Jesus cried and said, He that believeth 
on me, believeth not on me, but on him that 
sent me. 

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that 
sent me. 

46 I am come a light into the world, that 
whosoever believeth on me should not abide in 
darkness. 

47 And if any man hear my words, and be- 
lieve not, I judge him not : for I came not to 
judge the world, but to save the world. 

48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not 
my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word 
that I have spoken, the same shall judge him 
in the last day. 

49 For I have not spoken of myself ; but the 
Father which sent me, he gave me a com- 
mandment, what I should say, and what I 
should speak. 

50 And I know that his commandment is 
life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Jesus washeth the disciples'' feet: exhorteth them to humility 
and charity. 18 He foretelleth, and discover eth to John by a 
token, that Judas should betray him: 31 commandeth them to 
love one another, 36 and forewarneth Peter of his denial 

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1VTOW before the feast of the passover, when 
Jesus knew that his hour was come that 
he should depart out of this world unto the 
Father, having loved his own which were in 
the world, he loved them unto the end. 

2 And supper being ended, the devil having 
now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Si- 
mon's son, to betray him ; 

3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given 
all things into his hands, and that he was come 
from God, and went to God ; 

4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his 
garments ; and took a towel, and girded him- 
self. 

5 After that he poureth water into a basin, 
and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to 
wipe them with the towel wherewith he was 
girded. 

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter : and Pe- 
ter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my 
feet ? 

7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What 
I do thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt 
know hereafter. 

8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash 
my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee 
not, thou hast no part with me. 

9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my 
feet only, but also my hands and my h&ad. 

10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed 
needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean 
every whit : and ye are clean, but not all. 

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11 For he knew who should betray him; 
therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 

12 So after he had washed their feet, and 
had taken his garments^ and was set down 
again, he said unto them, Know ye what I 
have done to you ? 

13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say 
well; for so I am. 

14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have 
washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one 
another's feet. 

15 For I have given you an example, that 
ye should do as I have done to you. 

16 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, The serv- 
ant is not greater than his lord ; neither he 
that is sent greater than he that sent him. 

17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if 
ye do them. 

18 % I speak not of you all: I know whom I 
have chosen : but that the Scripture may be 
fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath 
lifted up his heel against me. 

19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when 
it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 

20 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me ; 
and he that receiveth me receiveth him that 
sent me. 

21 When Jesus had thus said, he was 
troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Yerily, 
verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall 
betray me. 

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22 Then the disciples looked one on another, 
doubting of whom he spake. 

23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom 
one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, 
that he should ask who it should be of whom 
he spake. 

25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto 
him, Lord, who is it ? 

26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall 
give a sop, when I have dipped it And when 
he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas 
Iscariot, the son of Simon. 

27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. 
Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do 
quickly. 

28 Now no man at the table knew for what 
intent he spake this unto him. 

29 For some of them thought, because Judas 
had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, 
Buy those things that we have need of against 
the feast ; or, that he should give something to 
the poor. 

30 He then, having received the sop, went 
immediately out ; and it was night. 

31 % Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus 
said, ISTow is the Son of man glorified, and Grod 
is glorified in him. 

32 If God be glorified in him, Grod shall also 
glorify him in himself, and shall straightway 
glorify him. 

33 Little children, yet a little while I am 

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with you. Ye shall seek me ; and as I said 
unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; 
so now I say to you. 

34 A new commandment I give unto you, 
That ye love one another ; as I have loved 
you, that ye also love one another. 

35 By this shall all men know that ye are 
my disciples, if ye have love one to another. 

36 f Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither 
goest thou ? Jesus answered him, Whither I 
go, thou canst not follow me now ; but thou 
shalt follow me afterwards. 

37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I 
follow thee now ? I will lay down my life for 
thy sake. 

38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down 
thy life for my sake ? Yerily, verily, I say 
unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou 
hast denied me thrice. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 Christ comforteth his disciples with the hope of heaven : 6 pro- 
fesseth himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the 
Father : 13 assureth their prayers in his name to be effectual : 
15 reqiiesteth love and obedience, 16 promiseth the Holy Ghost 
the Comforter, 27 and leaveth his peace with them. 

T ET not your heart be troubled : ye believe 
^ in God, believe also in me. 

2 In my Father's house are many mansions : 
if it were not so, I would have told you. I 
go to prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; 
that where I am, there ye may be also. 

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4 And whither I go ye know, and the way 
ye know. 

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest ; and how can we know the 

way ? 

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the 
truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the 
Father, but by me. 

7 If ye had known me, ye should have known 
my Father also : and from henceforth ye know 
him, and have seen him. 

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the 
Father, and it sufficeth us. 

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long 
time with you, and yet hast thou not known 
me, Philip ? he that hath seen me hath seen 
the Father ; and how sayest thou then, Shew 
us the Father? 

10 Belie vest thou not that I am in the Father, 
and the Father in me?, the words that I speak 
unto you I speak not of myself: but the Fa- 
ther that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and 
the Father in me : or else believe me for the 
very works' sake. 

12 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, He that be- 
lieveth on me, the works that I do shall he do 
also; and greater works than these shall he do; 
because I go unto my Father. 

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, 
that will I do, that the Father may be glorified 
in the Son. 

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14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, 
I will do it 

15 1". If ye love me, keep my commandments. 

16 And I will pray the. Father, and he shall 
give yon another Comforter, that he may abide 
with yon for ever ; 

1 7 Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nei- 
ther knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he 
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

18 I will not leave you comfortless : I will 
come to you. 

19 Tet a little while, and the world seeth 
me no more ; but ye see me : because I live, 
ye shall live also. 

20 At that day ye shall know that I am in 
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 

21 He that hath my commandments, and keep- 
eth them, he it is that loveth me : and he that 
loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and 
I will love him, and will manifest myself to 
him. 

22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, 
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto 
us, and not unto the world? 

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a 
man love me, he will keep my words : and 
my Father will love him, and we will come 
unto him, and make our abode with him. 

24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my 
sayings : and the word which ye hear is not 
mine, but the Father's which sent me. 

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25 These things have I spoken unto you, being 
yet present with you. 

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy 
Grhost, whom the Father will send in my name, 
he shall teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. 

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto 
you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither 
let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go 
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved 
me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto 
the Father : for my Father is greater than I. 

29 And now I have told you before it come 
to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might 
believe. 

30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: 
for the prince of this world cometh, and hath 
nothing in me. 

31 But that the world may know that I love 
the Father; and as the Father gave me com- 
mandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go 
hence. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The consolation and mutual love between Christ and his members, 
under the parable of the vine. 18 A comfort in the hatred and 
persecution of the world. 26 The office of the Holy Ghost, and 
of the apostles. 

T AM the true vine, and my Father is the 
husbandman. 
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit 

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he taketh away: and every branch that beareth 
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean thrpugh the word which 
I have spoken unto you. 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch 
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in 
the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. 

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that 
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth 
forth much fruit; for without me ye can do 
nothing. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth 
as a branch, and is withered; and men gather 
them, and cast them into the fire, and they are 
burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in 
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be 
done unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear 
much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I 
loved you : continue ye in my love. 

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall 
abide in my love ; even as I have kept my 
Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 

11 These things have I spoken unto you, 
that my joy might remain in you, and that 
your joy might be full. 

12 This is my commandment, That ye love 
one another, as I have loved you. 

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13 Greater love hath no man than this, that 
a man lay down his life for his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I 
command you. 

15 Henceforth I call yon not servants; for the 
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I 
have called you friends ; for all things that I have 
heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen 
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and 
bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the 
Father in my name, he may give it you. 

17 These things I command you, that ye love 
one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it 
hated me before it hated you. 

19 If ye were of the world, the world would 
love his own; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. 

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, 
The servant is not greater than his lord. If 
they have persecuted me, they will also perse- 
cute you; if they have kept my saying, they 
will keep yours also. 

21 But all these things will they do unto you 
for my name's sake, because they know not him 
that sent me. 

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, 
they had not had sin; but now they have no 
cloak for their sin. 

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23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 

24 If I had not done among them the works 
which none other man did, they had not had 
sin : but now have they *both seen and hated 
both me and my Father. 

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word 
might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 
They hated me without a cause. 

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom 
I will send unto you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Fa- 
ther, he shall testify of me : 

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye 
have been with me from the beginning. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

1 Christ comforteth his disciples against tribulation by the promise 
of the Holy Ghost, and by his resurrection and ascension : 23 
assureth their prayers made in his name to be acceptable to his 
Father. 33 Peace in Christ, and in the world affliction. 

^pHESE things have I spoken unto you, that 
ye should not be offended. 

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues : 
yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth 
you will think that he doeth God service. 

3 And these things will they do unto you, be- 
cause they have not known the Father, nor me. 

4 But these things have I told you, that when 
the time shall come, ye may remember that I 
told you of them. And these things I said not 
unto you at the beginning, because I was with 
you. _ >t : h;< 

5 But now I go my way to him that sent 

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me ; and none of you asketh me, Whither go- 
est thou ? 

6 But because I have said these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is 
expedient for you that I go away : for if I 
go not away, the Comforter will not come 
unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him 
unto you. 

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the 
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judg- 
ment : 

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me ; 

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Fa- 
ther, and ye see me no more ; 

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. 

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, 
but ye cannot bear them now. 

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is 
come, he will guide you into all truth : for he 
shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he 
shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will 
shew you things to come. 

14 He shall glorify me : for he shall receive 
of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 

15 All things that the Father hath are mine: 
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall shew it unto you. 

16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: 
and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, 
because I go to the Father. 

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17 Then said some of his disciples among 
themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, 
A little while, and ye shall not see me : and 
again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, 
Because I go to the Father? 

18 They said therefore, What is this that he 
saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he 
saith. 

19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous 
to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye in- 
quire among yourselves of that I said, A lit- 
tle while, and ye shall not see me : and again, 
a little while, and ye shall see me? 

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye 
shall weep and lament, but the world shall re- 
joice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sor- 
row shall be turned into joy. 

21 A woman when she is in travail hath 
sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon 
as she is delivered of the child, she remem- 
ber eth no more the anguish, for joy that a 
man is born into the world. 

22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but 
I will see you again, and your heart shall re- 
joice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 

23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye 
shall ask the Father in my name, he will give 
it you. 

24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my 
name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy 
may be full. 

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25 These things have I spoken unto you in 
proverbs : but the time cometh, when I shall 
no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I 
shall shew you plainly of the Father. 

26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: 
and I say not unto you, that I will pray the 
Father for you: 

27 For the Father himself loveth you, because 
ye have loved me, and have believed that I 
came out from God. 

28 I came forth from the Father, and am 
come into the world: again, I leave the world, 
and go to the Father. 

29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speak- 
est thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. 

30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all 
things, and needest not that any man should 
ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest 
forth from Grod. 

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe ? 

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, 
that ye shall be scattered, every man to his 
own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am 
not alone, because the Father is with me. 

33 These things I have spoken unto you, 
that in me ye might have peace. In the world 
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; 
I have overcome the world. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

1 Christ prayeth to his Father to glorify him, 6 to preserve his 
apostles, 11 in unity, 17 and truth, 20 to glorify them, and all 
other believers with him in heaven. 
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rpHESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up 
his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the 
hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son 
also may glorify thee : 

2 As thou hast given him power over all 
flesh, that he should give eternal life to as 
many as thou hast given him. 

3 And this is life eternal, that they might 
know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 
whom thou hast sent. 

4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have 
finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 

5 And now, Father, glorify thou me with 
thine own self with the glory which I had with 
thee before the world was. 

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men 
which thou gavest me out of the world : thine 
they were, and thou gavest them me ; and they 
have kept thy word. 

7 Now they have known that all things what- 
soever thou hast given me are of thee. 

8 For I have given unto them the words 
which thou gavest me ; and they have received 
them, and have known surely that I came out 
from thee, and they have believed that thou 
didst send me. 

9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, 
but for them which thou hast given me ; for 
they are thine. 

10 And all mine are thine, and thine are 
mine ; and I am glorified in them. 

11 And now I am no more in the world, 

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but these are in the world, and I come to 
thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own 
name those whom thou hast given me, that 
they may be one, as we are. 

12 While I was with them in the world, I 
kept them in thy name : those that thou gav- 
est me I have kept, and none of them is lost, 
but the son of perdition ; that the Scripture 
might be fulfilled. 

13 And now come I to thee ; and these 
things I speak in the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 

14 I have given them thy word ; and the 
world hath hated them, because they are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

15 I pray not that thou ' shouldest take them 
out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. 

16 They are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. 

17 Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word 
is truth. 

18 As thou hast sent me into the world ? 
even so have I also sent them into the world. 

19 And 'for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
that they also might be sanctified through the 
truth. 

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for 
them also which shall believe on me through 
their word ; 

21 That they all may be one ; as thou, Fa- 
ther, art in me, and I in thee, that they also 

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may be one in us : that the world may be- 
lieve that thou hast sent me. 

22 And the glory which thou gayest me I 
have given them ; that they may be one, even 
as we are one : 

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they 
may be made perfect in one ; and that the 
world may know that thou hast sent me, and 
hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 

24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou 
hast given me, be with me where I am ; that 
they may behold my glory, which thou hast 
given me : for thou lovedst me before the foun- 
dation of the world. 

25 righteous Father, the world hath not 
known thee : but I have known thee, and these 
have known that thou hast sent me. 

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 
and will declare it ; that the love wherewith 
thou hast loved me may be in them, and I 
in them. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

1 Judas betrayeth Jesus. 6 The officers fall to the ground. 10 
Peter smiteth off Malchus' ear. 12 Jesus is taken, and led unto 
Annas and Caiaphas. 15 Peters denial. 19 Jesus examined 
before Caiaphas. 28 His arraignment before Pilate. 36 His 
kingdom. 40 The Jews ask Barabbas to be let loose. 

TXTHEN Jesus had spoken these words, he 
went forth with his disciples over the 
brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the 
which he entered, and his disciples. 
2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew 

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the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither 
with his disciples. 

3 Judas then, having received a band of men 
and officers from the chief priests and Phari- 
sees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches 
and weapons. 

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that 
should come upon him, went forth, and said 
unto them, Whom seek ye? 

5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. 
Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas 
also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 

6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I 
am he, they went backward, and fell to the 
ground. 

7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? 
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 

8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am 
he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their 
way: 

9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which 
he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have 
I lost none. 

10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew 
it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut 
off his right ear. The servant's name was Mal- 
chus. 

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy 
sword into the sheath: the cup which my Fa- 
ther hath given me, shall I not drink it? 

12 Then the band and the captain and 
officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him ? 

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13 And led him away to Annas first; for he 
was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the 
high priest that same year. 

14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel 
to the Jews, that it was expedient that one 
man should die for the people. 

15 1" And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so 
did another disciple: that disciple was known 
unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus 
into the palace of the high priest. 

16 But Peter stood at the door without. 
Then went out that other disciple, which was 
known unto the high priest, and spake unto 
her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. 

17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door 
unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's 
disciples ? He saith, I am not. 

18 And the servants and officers stood there, 
who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold; 
and they warmed themselves : and Peter stood 
with them, and warmed himself. 

19 T The high priest then asked Jesus of his 
disciples, and of his doctrine. 

20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to 
the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, 
and in the temple, whither the Jews always 
resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 

21 Why askest thou me? ask them which 
heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, 
they know what I said. 

22 And when he had thus spoken, one of 
the officers which stood by struck Jesus with 

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the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou 
the high priest so? 

23 Jesns answered him, If I have spoken 
evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why 
smitest thou me ? 

24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Ca- 
iaphas the high priest. 

25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed him- 
self. They said therefore unto him, Art not 
thou also one of his disciples? He denied ity 
and said, I am not. 

26 One of the servants of the high priest, 
being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, 
saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with 
him? 

27 Peter then denied again; and immediately 
the cock crew. 

28 1" Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas un- 
to the hall of judgment : and it was early ; 
and they themselves went not into the judg- 
ment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that 
they might eat the passover. 

29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, 
What accusation bring ye against this man? 

30 They answered and said unto him, If he 
were not a malefactor, we would not have de- 
livered him up unto thee. 

31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, 
and judge him according to your law. The 
Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful 
for us to put any man to death: 

32 That the saying of Jesus might be ful- 

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filled, which he spake, signifying what death 
he should die. 

33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall 
again, and called Jesus, aad said unto him, Art 
thou the King of the Jews ? 

34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing 
of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me ? 

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew ? Thine 
own nation and the chief priests have delivered 
thee unto me : what hast thou done ? 

36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of 
this world : if my kingdom were of this world, 
then would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my 
kingdom not from hence. 

37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou 
a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that 
I am a king. To this end was I born, and for 
this cause came I into the world, that I should 
bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is 
of the truth heareth my voice. 

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? 
And when he had said this, he went out again 
unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in 
him no fault at all. 

39 But ye have a custom, that I should re- 
lease unto you one at the passover : will ye 
therefore that I release unto you the King of 
the Jews ? 

40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not 
this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a 
robber. 

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CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten. 4 Pilate is 
desirous to release him, but being overcome with the outrage of 
Jhe Jews, he delivered him to be crucified. 23 They cast lots for 
his garments. 26 He commendeth his mother to John. 28 He 
dieth. 31 His side is pierced. 38 He is buried by Joseph and 
Nicodemus. 

nPHEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and 

scourged him. 

2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, 
and put it on his head, and they put on him a 
purple robe, 

3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews ! and they 
smote him with their hands. 

4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith 
unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, 
that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown 
of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate 
saith unto them, Behold the man ! 

6 When the chief priests therefore and offi- 
cers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify 
him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take 
ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault 
in him. 

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, 
and by our law he ought to die, because he 
made himself the Son of Grod. 

8 ^ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, 
he was the more afraid ; 

9 And went again into the judgment hall, 
and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou ? But 
Jesus gave him no answer. 

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10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou 
not unto me ? knowest thou not that I have 
power to crucify thee, and have power to re- 

* lease thee ? 

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no 
power at all against me, except it were given 
thee from above : therefore he that delivered 
me unto thee hath the greater sin. 

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to re- 
lease him : but the Jews cried out, saying, If 
thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's 
friend : whosoever maketh himself a king speak- 
eth against Cesar. 

13 \ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, 
he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the 
judgment seat in a place that is called the 
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Grabbatha. 

14 And it was the preparation of the pass- 
over, and about the sixth hour : and he saith 
unto the Jews, Behold your King! 

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away 
with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, 
Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests 
answered, We have no king but Cesar. 

16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them 
to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led 
him away. 

17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a 
place called the place of a skull, which is called 
in the Hebrew Golgotha: 

18 Where they crucified him, and two others with 
him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 

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19 1 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on 
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF 
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

20 This title then read many of the Jews; 
for the place where Jesus was crucified was 
nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, 
and Greek, and Latin. 

21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to 
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but 
that he said, I am King of the Jews. 

22 Pilate answered, What I have written I 
have written. 

23 T Then the soldiers, when they had crucified 
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, 
to every soldier a part ; and also his coat : now 
the coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. 

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let 
us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it 
shall be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
which saith, They parted my raiment among 
them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. 
These things therefore the soldiers did. 

25 1" Now there stood by the cross of Jesus 
his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the 
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 

26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and 
the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he 
saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 

27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy 
mother! And from that hour that disciple took 
her unto his own home. 

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28 % After this, Jesus knowing that all things 
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might 
be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 

29 Xow there was set a .vessel full of vinegar: 
and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put 
it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 

30 When Jesus therefore had received the 
vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed 
his head, and gave up the ghost. 

31 The Jews therefore, because it was the 
preparation, that the bodies should not remain 
upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that 
sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate 
that their legs might be broken, and that they 
might be taken away. 

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs 
of the first, and of the other which was cruci- 
fied with him. 

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw 
that he was dead already, they brake not his 
legs : 

34 But one of the soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side ; and forthwith came there out 
blood and water, 

35 And he that saw it bare record, and his 
record is true- and he knoweth that he saith 
true, that ye might believe. 

36 For these things were done> that the Scrip- 
ture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not 
be broken. 

37 And again another Scripture saith^ Th©^ 
shall look on him whom they pierced. 

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38 1" And after this Joseph of Arimathea, 
being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear 
of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take 
away the body of Jesus : and Pilate gave him 
leave. He came therefore, and took the body 
of Jesus. 

39 And there came also Mcodemus, (which 
at the first came to Jesus by night,) and brought 
a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred 
pound weight. 

40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and 
wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the 
manner of the Jews is to bury. 

41 Now in the place where he was crucified 
there was a garden; and in the garden a new 
sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 

42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of 
the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre 
was nigh at hand. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 Mary cometh to the sepulchre : 3 so do Peter and John, 
ignorant of the resurrection. 11 Jesus appeareth to Mary 
Magdalene, 19 and to his disciples. 24 The incredulity, and 
confession of Thomas. 30 The Scripture is sufficient to salva- 
tion. 

THE first day of the week cometh Mary Mag- 
dalene early, when it was yet dark, unto 
the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away 
from the sepulchre. 

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon 
Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus 
loved, and saith unto them, They have taken 
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away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we 
know not where they have laid him. 

3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other 
disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 

4 So they ran both together: and the other 
disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the 
sepulchre. 

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw 
the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. 

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, 
and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the 
linen clothes he, 

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, 
not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 
together in a place by itself. 

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which 
came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and 
believed. 

9 For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that 
he must rise again from the dead. 

10 Then the disciples went away again unto 
their own home. 

11 T[ But Mary stood without at the sepul- 
chre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped 
down, and looked into the sepulchre, 

12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the 
one at the head, and the other at the feet, 
where the body of Jesus had lain. 

13 And they say unto her, "Woman, why 
weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because 
they have taken away my Lord, and I know 
not where they have laid him. 

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14 And when she had thus said, she turned 
herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew 
not that it was Jesus. 

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest 
thou ? whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him 
to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou 
have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast 
laid him, and I will take him away. 

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned 
herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is 
to say, Master. 

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for 
I am not yet ascended to my Father : but go 
to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend 
unto my Father, and your Father; and to my 
God, and your God. 

18 Mary Magdalene came and told the dis- 
ciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he 
had spoken these things unto her. 

19 % Then the same day at evening, being 
the first day of the week, when the doors were 
shut where the disciples were assembled for 
fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the 
midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto 
you. 

20 And when he had so said, he shewed 
unto them his hands and his side. Then were 
the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 

21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be 
unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even 
so send I you. 

22 And when he had said this, he breathed 

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oii them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the 
Holy Ghost: 

23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remit- 
ted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye re- 
tain, they are retained. 

24 t But Thomas, one of the twelve, called 
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 

25 The other disciples therefore said unto him. 
We have seen the Lord. But he said unto thein, 
Except I shall see in his hands the print of 
the nails, and put my finger into the print of 
the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I 
will not believe. 

26 f And after eight days again his disciples 
were within, and Thomas with them : then came 
Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the 
midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 

27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither 
thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach 
hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; 
and be not faithless, but believing. 

28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, 
My Lord and my God. 

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou 
hast seen me, thou hast believed : blessed are 
they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 

30 % And many other signs truly did Jesus 
in the presence of his disciples, which are not 
written in this book : 

31 But these are written, that ye might believe 
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that 
believing ye might have life through his name. 

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CHAPTER XXI. 

1 Christ appearing again to his disciples was known of them by the 
great draught of fishes. 12 He dineth with them: 15 earnestly 
commandeth Peter to feed his lambs and sheep: 18 foretelleth 
him of his death : 22 rebuketh his curiosity touching John. 25 
The conclusion. 

AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself 
again to. the disciples at the sea of Tibe- 
rias ; and on this wise shewed he himself. 

2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thom- 
as called Didymus, and JSTathanael of Cana in 
Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other 
of his disciples. 

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fish- 
ing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. 
They went forth, and entered into a ship im- 
mediately ; and that night they caught nothing. 

4 But when the morning was now come, Je- 
sus stood on the shore ; but the disciples knew 
not that it was Jesus. 

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have 
ye any meat ? They answered him, No. 

6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on 
the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. 
They cast therefore, and now they were not 
able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 

7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved 
saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when 
Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he 
girt Ms fisher's coat unto him, (for he was na- 
ked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 

8 And the other disciples came in a little 
ship, (for they were not far from land, but as 

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it were two hundred * cubits,) dragging the net 
with fishes. 

9 As soon then as they were come to land, 
they saw a fire of coals ; there, and fish laid 
thereon, and bread. 

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish 
which ye have now caught. 

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net 
to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty 
and three : and for all there were so many, yet 
was not the net broken. 

12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. 
And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who 
art thou ? knowing that it was the Lord. 

13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and 
giveth them, and fish likewise. 

14 This is now the third time that Jesus 
shewed himself to his disciples, after that he 
was risen from the dead. 

15 1" So when they had dined, Jesus saith to 
Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith 
unto him, Feed my lambs. 

16 He saith to him again the second time, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith 
unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, 
son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was griev- 
ed because he said unto him the third time, 
Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, Lord, 

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thou knowest all things;* thou knowest that I 
love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou 
wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst 
whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be 
old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and an- 
other shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
thou wouldest not. 

19 This spake he, signifying by what death 
he should glorify God. And when he had 
spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 

20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the dis- 
ciple whom Jesus loved following; which also 
leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, 
which is he that betrayeth thee? 

21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and 
what shall this man do f 

22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry 
till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me. 

23 Then went this saying abroad among the 
brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet 
Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, 
If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that 
to thee? 

24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these 
things, and wrote these things : and we know 
that his testimony is true. 

25 And there are also many other things 
which Jesus did, the which, if they should be 
written every one, I suppose that even the 
world itself could not contain the books that 
should be written. Amen. 

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